The National Commission for the Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR), the main body protecting children's rights, demanded immediate action against the accused instructor after seeing the video. The police have charged Tyagi under IPC sections 323 and 504, both of which are non-cognizable offenses, based on the boy's family's complaint. These charges are bailable and do not result in immediate arrest; instead, a warrant is required. Tyagi has alleged in her defense that the video was altered with in order to raise tensions and that it was recorded by one of the boy's uncles.